A 600mm telephoto shot by Russell Savory.
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A fascinating visualisation of the wing beat patterns of different flying creatures ( bat, dragonfly, Canada goose, hummingbird, and hawk moth) by science blogger Elanor Lutz.
Over to you, Fluffy Biscuits.
Design drawings from a patent filed by Airbus last month for a new ‘pack-em-in’ bicycle-style seat for short haul (sub 3-hour) flights.
The idea for vertical seating was first touted by Airbus in 2003. Ryanair has been promoting it since 2010.
Airbus Want To Patent The Most Uncomfortable Plane Seats Ever (Washington Post)
The Birds
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Videographer and After Effects artist Parker Paul sez:
Filmed an hour of footage from my window then used the sky as a blue screen to composite all the birds that flew past.The first wave of birds are the originals. The rest are cloned from those.
Related: Flight Paths
‘b-tourist’ by designers Idan Noyberg and Gal Bulka is an elastic fabric that attaches to your headrest and that of the airplane seat in front. There’s a small pocket for items you might need to keep handy during the flight and plastic rings which adjust the width of the material depending on the level of privacy you need.
Oh you’ll be conspicuous.
But will you care, snuggled away in the sensory void of your ‘noggin-hammock’?
You will not.
RC TARDIS
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UK remote camera platformers Flyonix showcase the brief but glorious flight (and abrupt return to earth) of their remote controlled TARDIS powered by 12 rotors.
Wait for it.
The E-Volo VC200 has become the world’s first electric helicopter to complete a maiden flight, ascending to 22m for several minutes.
Fully disassemblable with 18 rotors controlled by 20 onboard computers, the two-person E-Volo is designed for a 100km range at altitudes up to 1.9km.
Italian architect Luigi Prina made his first model aircraft at the age of 16. In his mid 60s, after a successful career in building design, he met painter and boat builder Eugenio Tomiolo who challenged him to make one of his model boats fly.
In the twenty years since, Prima has dedicated his retirement to creating delicate, fully functional flying models worthy of Leonardo DaVinci.
MORE: Luigi Prina: The Ships That Sail Through The Clouds (Blinking City)
Photos by Gianluca Giannone.
Motivational
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4zNufXt-Zs
40 year-old French waiter, aero-nut and would-be pilot Laurent Aigon spent five years constructing an insanely detailed 737 cockpit simulator in his son’s bedroom in Lacanau, south-west France.
Such was his attention to detail that he’s since been invited to lecture at the Institute of Aircraft Maintenance at Bordeaux-Merignac.